Reinvigorating Urban Community

Syed Salim, Azizah Salim and Salleh, Elias@Ilias and Toon, Yin Yee (2011) Reinvigorating Urban Community. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2011, 3. pp. 74-75. ISSN ISSN : 2180-0685

Abstract

The sensitivity of urban design prevails in Pekan Koboi Telok Wan Jah with Koboi Street as the dominant pedestrian-cyclist linkage to the site. The strong historical and cultural images within the site are the vibrant activities of existing wet market and the rows of wooden shop houses which will be integrated especially in terms of social cultural aspect. In Toon Yin Yee’s proposal, a communal spine is created between the Rukun Tetangga base and Chinese Residence Association Hall where activity nodes are located including the proposed Community Centre itself. Natural accesses are created by connecting existing accesses to the site. This concept is derived from human behavioural preferences where humans prefer to take the shortest distance to reach their destination and generally do not like to be forced with a single route of access. The scale and rhythm of the immediate neighbourhood is fully captured in the design scheme with the continuity of the mass and grid system of the adjacent blocks.

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